Clark Early Childhood Center

As a very small elementary campus in Sioux City, Iowa, Clark Early Childhood Center enrolls 75 students from grade pre-K, operated by Sioux City Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Clark Early Childhood Center sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Sioux City Comm School District (14,189 students total), Clark Early Childhood Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Clark Early Childhood Center lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% White, 19% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Woodbury County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Clark Early Childhood Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Woodbury County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the area at large, Woodbury County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,658, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Clark Early Childhood Center is one of 37 public schools in Woodbury County (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students).

North High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clark Early Childhood Center.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Clark Early Childhood Center's enrollment has ticked down 54% since 2018, when it stood at 163 (now 75). White enrollment moved from 68% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

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